Interesting tax plan Nully! I have a plan too...
1. Repeal the 16th Amendment (no more income tax).
2. Determine the annual Fed Gov spending total. (actually pick a maximum spending amount).
3. Divide the total among the states and territories using a percent formula (population, consumption, etc.).
4. States decide themselves how to pay.
That’s the general idea. Of course details would have to be hashed out such as emergency spending, penalty for not paying, etc. I believe this would create competition between states and force them to steer back towards Federalism.
Interesting!
See, here’s the problem.
Both of your suggestions make very good, practical sense.
Both are worth trying.
But neither will ever be tried.
Why?
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Because our political system is so screwed up that vested interests would block any attempt to propose them, vote on them, or implement them.
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